Classic Tranz Alpine (PP07)
Duration: 9 Days 8 Nights
Cities:
Christchurch > Mount Cook> Queenstown > Franz Josef > Greymouth > Christchurch
Day 1 Arrive Christchurch
On arrival at Christchurch Airport you will be met and transferred to your hotel. (Self-drive passengers collect your rental car for your exclusive use until the end of the tour package).
Day 2 Christchurch
This is a free day for you to pursue your own activities.
Day 3 Christchurch—Mount Cook—Queenstown
Leave the hustle and bustle of the city to travel across the Canterbury Plains and a stunning natural landscape of glacial blue lakes and tussock clad hills. A rare opportunity here to take an optional scenic flight for an overview of Mt Cook’s ice falls, snowfields and glaciers Continue to Queenstown, the ultimate outdoor adventure playground, set against a stunning backdrop of lakes and mountains.
Day 4 Queenstown
This is a free day for you to pursue your own activities.
Day 5 Queenstown - Milford Sound - Queenstown
An early start following the shores of Lake Wakatipu, and through Te Anau where you will be enthralled by the immense landscape. Travel through beech forest, passing majestic mountains, on through the Homer Tunnel in time to board your catamaran for the Milford Sound cruise. Cruise past Mitre Peak, the highest mountain in the world to rise vertically from the sea, and admire the Stirling and Bowen Waterfalls as you cruise out to sea. Return to the pier for the coach back to Queenstown.
Day 6 Queenstown - Franz Josef
Travel through the Kawarau Gorge past Lake Dunstan on towards Wanaka. A stop is made in Makarora before crossing the Southern Alps as you enter the Haast Pass. At Knights Point you can view magnificent seascapes. From here pass Lakes Moeraki and Paringa then past Bruce Bay to arrive at the Glaciers.
Day 7 Franz Josef
This is a free day for you to pursue your own activities.
Day 8 Franz Josef - Greymouth - Christchurch
After breakfast, we will continue our journey up the West Coast via Hokitika to Greymouth. Join the TranzAlpine train at Greymouth for a spectacular journey through gorges, river valleys and farmland plains before reaching Christchurch (coach passengers only). (Self-drivers travel via Arthur’s Pass road en route to Christchurch).
Day 9 Depart Christchurch
Transfer to the airport for your departure flight (Self-drive passengers return your car directly at the airport).
